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New tourist magnet in 'Oriental Venice' 

Feature | City Style
2010-12-18

SHANGHAI'S scenic Fengxian District on Hangzhou Bay is attracting more and more tourists and developing its coastal economy with a yachting industry hub, a theme park and a new city. Tan Weiyun reads the blueprints. ...

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Tea houses where you can linger 

Feature | City Style
2010-8-8

THE art of tea is an intrinsic part of culture in China, the kingdom of tea. In fact, tea is a culture in itself, with its own rituals and aesthetics. Tea drinking is said to date back 4,000 years, when it was first...

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Hubs highlight creative industries 

Feature | City Style
2010-6-6

IN March this year, Shanghai and Chengdu joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Calling Shanghai the "City of Design," the UNESCO Director-general Irina Bokova said that they appreciated the city's initiative...

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Bund Bull's sculptor bullish on city 

Feature | City Style
2010-5-22

THE audacious sculptor of the new Bund Bull and the Charging Bull of Wall Street is famous for clandestine installations of mammoth works in public. He's planning the final drop-off of his life, but he won't tell...

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At home in a shikumen 

Feature | City Style
2010-4-25

AS an art form, architecture is nurtured by urbanization and refined by economic limits. Although Expo is the world's largest showcase of every country's culture and lifestyle, it helps to understand the architecture...

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Show for veteran of abstract art 

Feature | City Style
2010-4-9

FERGUSON Lane, an elegant space in Shanghai's former French Concession, is a charming place for leisurely lunch, but it also appeals to an artistic palate. Leo Gallery in Ferguson Lane is holding a solo exhibition...

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The delicate sound of thunder 

Feature | City Style
2010-4-8

DON'T be fooled by that delicate Chinese instrument on stage. The guqin played by rocker XTX is just one string to his bow. His gigs might start quietly but don't stay that way for long, as Ben-Darrow Goodman finds...

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Diverse styles in Yuyuan Road 

Feature | City Style
2010-3-28

MOVING along Yuyuan Road from the intersection with Zhenning Road, there are numerous different housing areas dotted along the street. Yuyuan Road, to the west of the former International Settlement boundary,...

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Protecting Old Town charms 

Feature | City Style
2010-3-13

FENGXIAN Old Town near Hangzhou Bay will be preserved, restored and cleaned up and many non-traditional buildings will be removed in a recently approved preservation plan. Historical villages, bridges and streets...

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Building Nanqiao New City 

Feature | City Style
2010-3-13

NANQIAO New City will be an economic hub on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay and in 15 years' time it will be a green, clean engine of growth and home to up to 1 million people. Tan Weiyun reports. A new city will...

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Little Holland in Pudong 

Feature | City Style
2010-3-6

AN entire town from the Netherlands is being recreated near 800-year-old Gaoqiao Town, "revitalizing" the old area and attracting tourists to a New City, according to urban planners. Holland Village, covering under...

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Ancient Gaoqiao Town beckons with historic spots, easy pace 

Feature | City Style
2010-3-6

GAOQIAO ancient town with its beautiful old buildings is tucked away at the southern tip of the Yangtze River, secluded from hectic urban life and the nearby Lujiazui financial area in Pudong. But the quiet town...

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Shanghai's 'scenic explosion' as seen from the clouds 

Feature | City Style
2010-1-16

FOR the past 20 years, I have taken aerial photos of many beautiful cities in all kinds of small aircraft. When I look out upon cities from the clouds above, I get a very impressive perspective and I can see cities...

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Macau readies for 10-year bash 

Feature | City Style
2009-11-28

MACAU is celebrating 10 years of astonishing development and its status as an international gambling and entertainment mecca. In the view of many, Macau leaves Las Vegas in, well, the desert sand. Ten years ago...

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Get among Ruijin's treasures 

Feature | City Style
2009-3-22

SET in the heart of Shanghai, Ruijin No. 2 Road is a street that buzzes with noise and activity. Cars, bicycles and occasionally, trucks, rush past down the road, on their way into or out of town. The familiar sound...